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<p>Adding a `note=*` would not really help much here. The issue is
that the paths show up on the maps viewed by people. If we want to
to give platforms the ability to not render animal paths, they
should be easy to filter out. You can't do that with a generic
note. I'm not sure if something already exists for animal paths
like this but I would also be in favor of creating a specific
tagging scheme for this. Without going into the entire
`highway=path` discussion, as alternative to
`highway=animal_track` we could maybe add a more specific version
along the lines of `path=animal`.<br>
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<p>As a quick solution: A simple `access=no` might also do the trick
of course, but that doesn't describe the actual path.</p>
<p>Cheers, Casper<br>
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<div dir="ltr">You could add a `note=*` to every element. You
should probably contact the mappers of that region and explain
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<div>I agree that in this case, mapping animal tracks is <i>especially </i>necessary. </div>
<div>If someone isn't going to map it now, they're going to do
so in the future (as you've seen), incorrectly.<br>
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<div>On a related idea, OSM should probably implement "Area
Notes" into the API to notify mappers how to map specific
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 1:44
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello
everyone,<br>
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With the Belgian community, we have been in contact with
Natuurpunt, our main national nature conservation
organization. They are slowing using more and more OSM and
recently came to us with the following remark.<br>
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"Some mappers have added paths that are not actually real
paths for humans, but simply flattened walking routes made by
the cows. I assume that these are visible on aerial
photographs, and in the field they may also look like trails.
However, it is really not the intention that people should
walk there. They change regularly and we also do not want to
put signs 'forbidden entry' all over the area. <br>
We could delete them from OSM, but then of course soon later,
an active micromapper might add them again."<br>
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Most people seem to think paths made by cattle or wildlife
should NOT be mapped at all (<a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Pascal%20Cuoq/diary/13333"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Pascal%20Cuoq/diary/13333</a>).
However, when there are micromappers around, they tend to map
ALL THE THINGS. Not mapping these "animal trails" that you
know about, means they will likely show up on the map as a
simple highway=path, added by somebody else. Therefor, we
would prefer to map them with a tag like highway=animal_track,
to make sure mappers see that this thing was analyzed before
and should NOT be mapped as a regular path. Do you have any
suggestions for a tag or a different approach?<br>
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Thanks.<br>
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